DENTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Throughout the day Wednesday, some of the strangers who hurried to volunteer to help police in the search for 2-year-old Sarbesh Gurung returned to the neighborhood to share in the grieving family’s sorrow.

It was the kind of compassion that took center stage on Tuesday as Hallman joined upwards of 200 volunteers who quickly gathered to get direction from police, hoping desperately to bring Sarbesh safely home.

Dozens of people volunteered to help search for missing 2-year-old Sarbesh Gurung in Denton on Tuesday. (CBS 11)

“I’m a mother and I’m a grandmother,” said Jeannette Fudge on Wednesday. She says she was shaken to learn that the child died just steps from home.